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I've always wanted one for as long as I can remember, but I've always waited for a complete and matching machine, this one is certainly both of those!

The headlight lens is very discoloured, will look out for a replacement!

Needs a good polish too

We had a party yesterday for my daughters birthday, so I took the Senior with me so I didnt have to use a boring old Henry! It got some attention!

This was a brand new bag when we started!

Is currently waiting for a stripdown and refurb. The motor bearings are quite dry, I'm hoping I can sort that out but otherwise it runs perfectly!

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1500 whole pence! I've been holding out for a nice complete and original one for years! One ticked off the bucket list!

Was only 6 miles away too

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Speaking to an old Hoover guy he says the bearings sound OK! He also mentioned that later replacement bearings come with screws and nuts rather than rivets as the plastic housing can distort when riveting them back on.

Will have a look when I strip it down!

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'Warning, no reply posted for at least 120 days' Oops, I guess this is long overdue! This has been used fairly heavily tbh, I haven't got anything that will do our front room rug as well, not even the Turbopower (although the TP isnt far behind...)

Last weekend, we went to my stepbrothers in Peterborough for the weekend, and I put this in the back of the car to clean his stupidly deep rug. Their DC04 Absolute+ that I refurbed and gave them in the summer just does nothing, it threw the clutch a few months ago, I changed it and put it down to 'one of those things', but I'm thinking the rug might be doing it, will see if it happens again.

Got LOTS of deep down crap out of the rug, was transformed after 20 minutes, and it beat lots of sand out of the rest of the carpets!

So, earlier, I decided to get it stripped down!

Was already in bits from getting it out of the car, which was handy

The baseplate seal had been glued in in the past, so I pulled it off, cleaned the rubbers up and cleaned the metal out too

Wasn't really sure where to start, so started at the top!

Hefty spring under the rear wheels!

The bracket that holds the axle down

A few more screws and the ratings plate and tool adapter plate come away

The flap and 2 speed switch were choked with fluff

Quick reference of the spring position

and apart!

Under this panel sits the 2 speed switch. When the tool adapter is inserted, the speed increases for the tools. It is possible to stick this on permantly for normal use, but it doesnt need it!

More greb under the on/off switch cover

The rear wheels split down now, and the axle comes off

Front wheels tap out now after removing a circlip

Getting there now

The proper microswitch, none of this fancy dc24 tiny stuff here!

Hood off next

This screw releases one side of the handle pivot assembly

There's a spring on the other side

The bar is held in with 2 circlips, one here

The pedal comes off, and the rubber pad pulls off that

Had to release the cable first before carrying on with the handle, so handle grip off

Another circlip holds the cord holder on

Bit of tappy tappy and the axle comes out

Time to make a start on the wiring now!

The red cable loops from one side to the other, and connects with the red cable from the hi/lo switch (50 years before Numatic were Hoover...)

The wire above that is also for the foot switch, so now that can be removed!

and done!

The whole connection panel unscrews now

The original bulb still works!

4 more screws and the motor falls off!

Cable holder here

Lamp holder terminals

Connections to one of the carbon holders

and an earth strap to the top bearing

this clamp holds the capacitor on

This yellow from the field coil clips onto the housing and goes to the other carbon brush holder

Top bearing off

Fan off, all this was packing the fan out

the armature pulls out at this point

I managed to clear out the lubrication hole, and the bearing as a whole, and soaked it in nice fresh spray grease, runs alot smoother now!

I washed most of it (is odd having a machine that isnt made of plastic!), and moved onto the bag

Were 2 fistfulls of greb from the rug at the start of the thread, but otherwise quite clean (as I put a fresh bag in especially for the trip. Meant to get it out at my nans too and fix her front room carpet but never got the chance!)

Undid the bag clamp

and split the bag fill components down, which had been glued up before...

and washed the bag and other bits!

Before it got dark, I drilled the old fancase bearing out of the housing, as I had a new one! (have had it a while, was good to put it to use!)

I filled it full of spraygrease too to condition it after sitting for many years in a cold garage, then a cold shed!

I bought a bearing fixing kit a while ago too, so could replace the bearing properly (using a riveter apparently can warp the casing as the Hoover ones were made to compensate this)

Spins a treat now!

Gave the armature a clean off with some fine wire wool whilst it was out

After bolting the field coil back in, and assembling it all the back of the fan was catching on the fancase. 2 more shims (Dyson wheel washers...) bought it out a treat and now it freewheels lovely. The new bearing must not be as sloppy as the old one, we shall see when I wire and fire her up in the next few days!

Also couldnt wash the motor housings as various metalwork is riveted onto them, so just gave them a good brush down.

And that, for now, is it! Need to clean off all the metal components with wire wool, clean the cables off and re-assemble with lashings of grease and spray grease! And hope it runs smoother than before! Has been nice to get back to a proper vacuum cleaner for a change, one I could kill someone with...

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I then popped the mains cable on, just to check the motor rebuild went well! Slight noise from the carbons, but she spins smooth as silk now, no grumbly wind down!

CArry on then!

Every metal part fitted has a smear of grease on it, makes it so much smoother

Cleaner hood back on

Needs a final polish, but it's clean now

One last motor shot!

Started on the underside

Rear wheels on

Got the box of stuff out to find 2 new brushroll bearings for the brushroll

The cleaned up seal fitted much better after being cleaned up. Needed a tiny bit of glue in places to stop it falling off, but on the whole it wedged itself in

I bodged a better bag on using the only microfilter bags I have (for a machine I don't own...). Might buy some cheap SEBO microfilter bags at some point, so the bag is the right shape after cutting the top off. There is a top-fill adaption available for these, a fellow collector is going to try it soon, if it's a success I might have a go!

After a quick check once back together, all she needs now is a final polish!

Could do with a new lamp lens too, but these are very hard to come by now, so will take care of the one I have!

One more update to come when I do the final finishing!

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I don't own this now though, I sold it early in the summer. £68, went to a lady down in Devon who wanted another one for daily use after her 652A burnt its armature out! Happy days!

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Veey possibly, i dont think the hise seals up as much as it does in the junior.

Which doesnt say much as the junior tools were rubbish too...

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Bloody hell the 417 is so compact length ways! I'm impressed at that, I can imagine that being placed in between the fridge gap thing next to it or in a caravan

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DC14s are tanks, just need a slightly longer motor life. Do plastic parts often break on DC14s? Nope. DC41- Sexy looking futuristic and powerful machine. Just needs a better designed cleaner head wheel and cyclone clip along with a dense metal rod in the chassis.